The Brewers Association (BA) has completed its bi-annual comprehensive survey of America’s craft brewers. The Brewery Operations Benchmarking Survey tracks brewery operations information and industry benchmarks. The results of the 2014 survey are now available for BA members to download.
Data collected from this …More

It’s that time again, when we tally the barrelage of the craft breweries operating in the United States and report on the growth numbers for the previous year for our annual Industry Review Issue. Craft …More

While all craft breweries take great care in selecting distributors to handle their brands, the criteria they use can vary greatly depending upon the brewery’s size. There are obviously common desirable characteristics among wholesalers for …More

Staff training is an important concern for many brewpub owners and managers. To address this key need, the BA brewpub committee developed Beer Server Training for Brewpubs. This free-to-download manual will be tremendously useful for all …More

The Nightclub & Bar convention and tradeshow, which celebrated its 30th anniversary earlier this month, once again hosted a craft brewers pavilion made up of five small and independent Brewers Association (BA) members. Brewers treated …More

With 600 exhibitors (up from 490 last year) from 11 countries, 161 categories of products and services, and an extra half day for attendees to make the rounds, this year’s BrewExpo America® is the biggest …More

The 2015 Craft Brewers Conference, hosted by the Brewers Association (BA), kicked off on Tuesday with the Welcome Reception, held at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The event brought together over 8,000 beer professionals with a theme of …More

Pizza pie, oh my, oh my
Just like craft brewed beer from small and independent U.S. craft brewers, pizza is art and nowhere was this more on display than the 2015 International Pizza Expo® where six …More

More than 3,400 breweries are currently in operation in the U.S., with more than 2,000 in the planning stages. But is beer quality a top priority for all of them? This 2015 Craft Brewers Conference …More